The Curious Climber Podcast: Chatting with Hazel and Mina
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Anyssa Lucena: Climbing Out
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation is with New York based climber Anyssa Lucena (@genuineclimbing). Anyssa re-found climbing later in life and incorporated it into her...
Nina Caprez: No Fear
03 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is with Swiss machine Nina Caprez. Nina is known for her hard, adventurous ascents including Sibergier, Wogu, Merci La Vie, Never Ending ...
Andrew Bisherat: Toxic Discourse
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew is a successful writer and social commentator in the world of climbing. He is the founder of evening sends a website that hosts in-depth writin...
Reflections: Collaboration with The Nugget Climbing Podcast
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, we have entered into a collaboration with Steven Dimmitt of The Nugget Climbing Podcast who is helping us with the editing, sound and produc...
Hamish McArthur: Going for Gold
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a conversation between Mina and British climber Hamish McArthur. Hamish is 20 years old and current World Youth Champion in both Bould...
Mina chats to The Nugget Climbing Podcast
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Dimmitt chats to Mina on his podcast 'The Nugget Climbing Podcast' about her early life and living in India, learning about impermanence from h...
Hazel talks to Alex Honnold
22 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hazel chats to Alex H-bomb Honnold about his current life as a father to be, his environmental foundation the Honnold Foundation, affective altruism a...
Andy Cave: Learning to Breathe
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is an eye opening chat with Andy Cave. Andy is a rock climber and a mountaineer who has a lifetime of stories to tell about his adventure...
What recovery looks like, with Mina and Steven
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Hazel talks with Mina and Steven Dimmitt of the The Nugget Climbing Podcast about their respective recoveries from under-eating/over-t...
Hazel chats to The Nugget Climbing Podcast
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Dimmitt chats to Hazel on his podcast 'The Nugget Climbing Podcast' about mental training, the ego, fear of falling, fear of failure, her exper...
Katy Whittaker: Grit Kid
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a conversation with Katy Whittaker aka The Grit Kid. Katy is a life long climber. She started young in a family of climbers and outdoo...
John Kettle - How to move well
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John Kettle is a movement coach based in the UK. He's been the teaching climbing for 20 years. We talk about: his story with his own climbing and what...
Marisa Michael: What's your gut feeling?
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is with Mina and Sports Dietitian and climber Marisa Michael and we actually recorded it back in November (sorry for the delay Marisa!!)....
Madeleine Cope Part 2
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maddy and Hazel talk about topics that interest them including women's training, body weight and body image, diet and nutrition, hormonal contrac...
The life and times of Madeleine Cope - part 1
08 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maddy just turned 30! We know that's not old but it's a good enough excuse to have her on the podcast to talk about her life (so far). This is the fir...
Stacy Sims: Training and Exercise in Pregnancy
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Mina (18 weeks pregnant at time of recording) chats to Stacy Sims about all things about training and exercise in pregnancy. Pregnancy...
Anna Foo - Climbing Blind
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Hazel speaks with paraclimber Anna Foo and psychologist Doreen Hoerold who is Anna's friend and sight-guide. We talk about climbing bl...
Dave MacLeod: Calculated risks and personal experiments.
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a a conversation between Mina and Dave MacLeod. Dave is a Scottish professional rock climber and mountaineer who is known for his syst...
Rosie Watson - How to Build a Sustainable Outdoor Community Post-Covid
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rosie is a runner and climate activist. This episode is all about climate change and how the outdoor community can be more sustainable. We talk about:...
Dhillan Chandramowli: Realising Potential.
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a conversation between Mina and Dhillan Chandramowli, who’s psyche and drive is infectious. And it’s not just about climbing. Dhillan puts...
Paul Pritchard - On Acceptance
18 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Paul was a pro climber in the 80’s putting up or repeating many serious routes on sea cliffs, big mountains and scrappy little quarries in Lancashir...
Mina talks to Hazel about the mind and mental training.
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How much of what we do in life and climbing, is controlled by the mind? When you fall on a route do you blame your physical strength/endurance or do y...
Lynn Hill - Legend
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lynn and Hazel talk about Lynn's climbing career and what she has learnt along the way. They hit these topics among others: how she started, nature an...
Natalie Brown: Periods. A bloody nuisance or bloody brilliant?
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Periods. A bloody nuisance or bloody brilliant?? This episode is a conversation with academic Natalie Brown about her research and work in the field o...
Arno Ilgner - The ‘Godfather’ of Mental Training in Climbing
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Hazel and Arno Ilgner geek out about Mental Training. They talk about lots of things including: fear of failure, fear of falling, awar...
Tom Herbert: Being Useful
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Herbert aka @usefulcoach is a performance coach and nutritionist who specialises in working with climbers. Tom is quite the character; a creative,...
Black in ‘65 - Trevor Eugine Masiah
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hazel speaks with Trev about racism. She’s known Trev all her life but they’ve never really spoken like this about racism. It is eye opening to si...
Anoushé Husain - Not your average climber
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anoushé Husain is a civil servant and paraclimber in the UK and a champion for all those experiencing barriers and self-limiting beliefs. Born missin...
Jen Randall: A Director's Cut
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What makes a good film or documentary? Is it seeing someone’s personal journey or their character depicted with authenticity; a sense of real-ness o...
Emma Wood - The Mind in Climbing
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hazel talks to Emma Wood about the mind in climbing. Emma is a cognitive hypnotherapist based in Sheffield, UK. Find her website here. They talk...
Stacy Sims: Women are not small men.
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a conversation between Mina and Dr Stacy Sims. Stacy is a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Waikato in New Zealand where ...
Sky Yardeni - Let's Talk About Grief
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Hazel speaks with Sky Yardeni about grief. Sky is a therapist and social change maker, originally from Israel but is based in Santa Fe...
Charlotte Gibbs: Running into trouble.
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Mina talks to Charlotte Gibbs who is a runner and ultra endurance athlete. She was the winner and course record holder at the Beacons ...
Nasim Eshqi - Defying Convention
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hazel speaks with Iranian climber Nasim Eshqi. If you’re a climber in the West you may have imagined that your experiences and opportunities might b...
Prerna Dangi: Moving Mountains
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Mina talks to Prerna Dangi, a Dehli based climber. Prerna mixes her climbing time between bouldering, trad climbing, ice climbing and ...
What does Covid - 19 mean for climbers with Levi Yant (Virologist)
22 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode virologist Levi Yant walks us through the science of Covid - 19. We discuss what a virus is, what makes Covid 19 different, why we're ...
Cameron Norsworthy - The Path to Flow
21 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation is all about flow state. Also known as 'being in the zone'. This psychological state could be responsible for our best climbing perf...
Madeleine Crane: The Mind Detective
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Mina talks to Madeleine Crane who is a Sports Psychologist and Systemic Coach based near Magic Wood in Switzerland. As a strong climbe...
Hazel talks to Mina about the divergence of health and performance
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the first of a few that we plan to do together. Each one will have a focus and in this episode Hazel talks to Mina about health and pe...
Gilly McArthur: Cold water swimming, don't say the C word
08 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mina talks to Gilly McArthur, a life long climber, who has in recent years found a love for cold-water swimming. Gilly swam every day...
Nikki Smith - 'Dancing Saved My Life'
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Hazel talks to Nikki Smith about: - climbing on rock and ice near to home and further away - first ascents - travel - photography ...
Nina Williams: A Baller at Height
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Mina talks to US-based climber Nina Williams. Nina is well known for her ascents of highball boulder problems such as Evolution Direct...
Beth: She did her best
31 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Hazel talks to professional climber Beth Rodden about: - looking back; what she'd do differently - body image and eating disorde...
Chatting with Hazel and Mina, what's all this about?
31 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What's this podcast shizzle about? Who are we? Why are we doing it? What kind conversations will be on it? How are we doing it? When will episodes com...